_adv. _now. Q. sí. thî/hî << hî. >> thî****
Sindarin
hi
adverb. now
hin
adverb. now
hí
adverb. now
Changes
hî→ thî ✧ PE17/027Cognates
- Q. sí “now” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/045; PE17/127; PE22/147
Derivations
- ✶khĭn- “*here, now” ✧ VT49/34
Element in
- S. annon edhellen, edro hi ammen “Elvish gate open now for us” ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/045
- S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/15; VT50/15; VT50/15
- S. sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen “*now all (?hands) of the Dwarves and Elves will be (?against) to us” ✧ VT50/22
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶khĭn- > hî [kʰin] > [xin] > [xi] > [hi] > [hī] ✧ VT49/34 Variations
- hi ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/045
- thî ✧ PE17/027
- hî ✧ PE17/027; PE17/027 (
hî); PE17/127; VT49/34- hin ✧ PE17/127
- sîr ✧ PE22/147
- Sí ✧ VT50/22
hî
now
thî
now
_adv. _now. Q. sí. thî/hî << hî. >> hî****
thî
adverb. now
si
adverb. now
sîr
adverb. now
sí(r)
adverb. now
he
she
he, hen, hene. (The distinctions between these forms are unclear. Possibly he is the nominative, whereas hen is the accusative ”her”. Hene could be an emphatic form. It may be that all of these pronouns as ”N” rather than Sindarin proper.)
he
she
hen, hene. *(The distinctions between these forms are unclear. Possibly he is the nominative, whereas hen is the accusative ”her”. Hene could be an emphatic form. It may be that all of these pronouns as ”N” rather than Sindarin proper.)*
si
now
si (lenited hi)
si
now
(lenited hi)
_ adv. _now. annon edhellen edro hi ammen! 'Elvish gate open now for us'.